Improved toe



@uitrit ,tetra etnt @ffies GEORGE OUSTER, OF MONROE, MICIEIIGAN,l ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND CHARLES TOLL, OF' SAME PLACE.

i Letters ,Patent No. 62,016, dated February 12, 1867.

IMPROVED TOE, OALK FOR HOESESHOES.

TO ALL'WHOMV IT MAY CONCERN.

Be it known that I, GEORGE (ESTER, of Monroe, in the county of Monroe, sind State of Michigumlmve invented a new anduseful improvement in the 'loe Calks of'Horse-Shoes; and I do hereby declare that the following, is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompauying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in wl1ich- Figure 1 is a front view, showing the recess in the calli and Figure 2' is a reverse view, 4showing the projection C. My invention consists in forming a toe colk with one projection at its centre, or Where it i's. united with the shoe, and at the same time (and with one blow of the hammer)v forming a recess, and causing the -projection to be made et one (the inner) side of the calli, thus causing it more perfect welding, greater durability, and savingmaterial, -as I shall 4proceed more fully to show. l

In iig. 1 A representsl the base of 'the calk, or the main body, B the recess, and() the projection by which it is united with the shoe.l The cross-like projection in the recess D is formed by the hammer, and at the same insta-nt the recess is mode. In iig. 2, letterr C exhibits the projection or point upon the celk, the precise shape of which is not material, (whether curved, conical, or pyramidah) which projection must bemade upon the; inner part and uponthetop of the calli, assuming the concave surface of the shoe or calk to be the inner side, and the convex the outer. The ordinary calk is formed with more labor, being drawn down at one end, or tapered, inthe process of construction, and then turned down so as to form a right ongle, thus: -l This method is much more laborious, involving severa-lblows of the hammer, besides being positivelyr prejudicial to the'durability of the shoe, as it is liable to be fractured in the process of welding, and cannot' be so perfectly united, as experience has shown. Another form consists in a bifnrcsted or two-pronged projection, which is. objectionable, inasmuch es the additional point (one being sucient for welding purposes) disturbs somuch thc more the solidity of the shoe itself, and in its usual method of construction involves a waste of material, it being cut-that is, the pro jection cutthereby making fragments of the iron orV steel. By my improvement all these objections. are avoided, while the recess permits a morev perfect union, the toe part, orn front ofthe ,shoe, uniting with the recess, while the 'toecalk is being' for'ced into the shoe, the ealk'being provided, its before shown, vvth its point (one) on the inner part or side of it, and thus .at a greater distance from the point of impact, which is the front of the shoe.v Y I believe, therefore, I have succeeded in constructing a calli with greater economy of labor Aand material, and one much more lasting their has hitherto been produced. The raised surface D assists in causing a firmer welding.

What I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is j A toc Vcalk, provided with a,.recess, and also a projection upon its inne'r and upper surface, all as set forth and substantially es described. i l

GEORGE CUSTER Witnesses:

IsAAc D. Tom., CHARLES TOLL,

ALFRED J. SAWYEn, 

